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Grow Your Blog 2015 plus giveaway (now closed!)

*** GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED ***

Hello hello and welcome to the Grow Your Blog Party of 2015!!

Well, my spot in the party anyway :)

Dear Vicki of 2 Bags Full has generously offered to host this wonderful party again this year. Thank you Vicki!!! It's a huge party with lots of beautiful blogs participating. And it's all about sharing and exploring, having lots of fun and making new friends in the world of blogs.

So here I welcome you in my little nook, where I share with you what my blog is all about. And be sure to check out my little giveaway too! Enjoy your stay and thank you so much for visiting me!

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My name is Wen.

When you visit me, you'll find different kinds of hand crafts. I love making books and collages.

Be it made from fabrics, laces, paper or whatever.

And of course there must be cards.

For that's what we love to send each other, don't we?

I love making little presents for friends and family.

And wrapping them carefully in sweet packages.

Making fabric hearts.

And hand made books.

Glue books too. And ATCs.

Flowers are essential to me in both my work and life.

So you will find lots of those too.

For example in my embroidery pieces, which are mostly incorporated in collages or books. I plan to make more projects with embroidery, like this brooch I made.

Nice to visit you again, Wendy. I've stopped by to visit you many times ... thought I was a follower, but guess not (I am now!) I've also been a subscriber and love when something pops up in my Inbox from you.

Your work is exquisite and that little notebook giveaway is absolutely stunning. I'd be honored to win but would understand if it went to somebody else's home.

Your creative gifts are a wonder! A lovely blog post and opportunity to see your wide-ranging interest and talents. Tatting? Interesting... and it's a less common craft. I know only two people who do this. But it will add a lot to your books, cards, and other projects.

Hi Wendy, Welcome to the Grow Your blog party. I love your work and embroidery. you are lucky to live in the heart of all the beautiful nature and that's really great for inspiration.. :DHope you'll have many new friends and followers this coming week. Huge hugs from Singapore

Well I already know your blog and admire your work and your diversity in your skills, you can make so many beautiful things!Your latest books are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for the comment on my blog!ariadnesky(at)hotmail(dot)com AriadnefromGreece!

Hello from Canada. You do so many beautiful things - each new thing I came upon as I scrolled down the page made me say "I like this one best". I'd be hard pressed to actually choose only one. Thanks for giving us an opportunity to win your lovely book.

Hello from Canada. You do so many beautiful things - each new thing I came upon as I scrolled down the page made me say "I like this one best". I'd be hard pressed to actually choose only one. Thanks for giving us an opportunity to win your lovely book.

Hi Wendy...on behalf of Vicki at 2 Bags Full...WELCOME to GRB 2015!! Your post looks great and we hope the hop brings you many new followers and friends! (PS...you stitiching is beautiful!) Val from myplvl.blogspot.com

Oh I just love your sweet blog and all your flowery and fabric creations. You have inspired me to take up needlework again. The Netherlands is someplace I would love to visit if I ever get another chance to go to Europe. I have been to Ireland and England but never really into Europe. I have started following your blog and look forward to seeing all your lovely creations in the coming year. Thank you for the chance to win your lovely giveaway.

You have some beautiful photos and a great talent. Please pop by and take a look at my blog, I missed out on taking part but am visiting all those who are participating.https://wisewomancrafts.blogspot.com

So glad to meet you! I'm here from Vicki's GYBParty. I'm so glad to have found your blog. I can tell you will provide a LOT of inspiration for me. Hope you can pop over and take a peek at my creations. Best wishes

Dear WendyKnow how very blessed you are with all of your wonderful and varied talents. You are such an inspiration to so many including me.Your little books with glue, paper, fabric and laces are so very light and sweet. I love the flower and rose themes so much.Love all the flower collages interspersed with your pretty works.Thanks for all you share inc. the vintage images too and for coming over to leave such a kind comment too. Enjoy the party!Loving hugs to you sweet friend,Suzy

Hello Wendy Dear...I adore your blog and all that you create. I have been following you for some time yet it is so nice to learn more with this GYB party. Lovely give you are offering. Creative Bliss...

Oh Wendy, it was such a treat to see so much of your beautiful work and the things that inspire you altogether in one post!I just adore your sweet handmade fabric flowers and you put your collages/assemblages together so well!Wish I could be as neat with my embroidery! :)Your giveaway is so generous and of course beautiful! ♥

Hello fellow artist and crafty girl! So nice to meet you thru the GYB event. I'm so pleased to see some of your wonderful art, and especially tatting! That's something I'd love to learn how to do. Off now to figure out how to follow you so I can get to know you better. x

What gorgeous books! I can't imagine making them! I would certainly love to win one. I would have my little grand daughters write something to me on each page if I win it... I am all into memories!Cherifabricandmemories(st)yahoo(dot)com

Hi Wendy, I'm joining your blog through the GYB party and I really love all of your creations and the photos are just beautiful! You are very talented and creative. I look forward to becoming blog friends. I have a love for crocheting too. I do hope that you will stop by my blog Julie's Lifestyle to enter my giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway too.Julie

I must say I always enjoy my visits here but this one is really special! So many pretty things to see. I do love that tatted cross and have not as yet had a chance to work on one...but very soon! The journals you create are very nice and as I told you before, I LOVE the fact you add real paper to them, beautiful and useful!I think it was dear Marie that got us together and I am so glad she did.Enjoy the party!Deb

Wow! What a beautiful blog and your work is so very lovely too! I love the quote and image on your sidebar, the one about friends being kisses from angels! This party is a wonderful way to add some new friends to our lives! http://lisacomperry.blogspot.com

Visiting you from Normandy, another of Vicki's Volunteers!Wendy, your creative talents know no bounds I love everything that you make and would love to learn from you, that's why I'm your newest follower.If you get the chance to pop down and visit me I'd love to show you around my little corner of France.a bientotMaggie

Oh dearest sweet Wendy, what a stunningly beautiful post! Your many amazing creations are so wonderful, to see again, and the new ones totally to fall in love with. Your fabric flowers are so very beautiful, and so are your garden photoes !! I love every bit of this post , and your art, and wishes you a lovely week ahead, dear friend.Hugs,Dorthe

I always love love to come visit your blog Wendy!! You are so talented and your fabulous vintage lace collection and creations really are the most delightful! I can look and look over and over again at all your lovely things. This one is especially fabulous :)

I'm not even sure where to begin. Your art blew me AWAY. I kept looking and looking and getting more and more excited with each photo. You have an amazing talent, whether it's collage, mixed media, or fabric. I am truly IN LOVE. It was a genuine treat to visit and see all the beautiful things you create.

Hello Wedny, I'm visiting from the Grow your blog event ... so many wonderful sites to see and new friends to meet. Your embroidery is gorgeous. I'd love to be entered for your give away and if I'm the lucky winner I can be reached at crafty.gardener at yahoo dot ca

What beautiful work you do Wendy, and I appreciate the opportunity to participate in your giveaway. Each year, at Christmas, one of the trees we put up is all done in a Victorian theme, with ornaments I spent years collecting, mostly handmade from craft fairs and on vacations to Europe. I made bows from lace which hang from the ends of the branches and use garland made from pearls. It makes for a very old fashioned tree, and that is why I love what you do. lv2bquilting2@comcast.net

Hello Wendy. First time visitor to your blog via GYB to which I am participating for the first time. Right now, I am simply floored by your work. AMAAAZING ! does NOT describe it. You have a keen eye to put just enough "prettiness" on the books. ♥ it.

Very happy I found your blog via the party! Your work looks amazing, and the colour and themes romantic and nostalgic at the same time. Hopefully will get a chance to catch up with more of your project. Come by to enter my giveaway as well.

What a stunning, stunning blog you have and your work is simply beautiful. I love all of your flowers too...I can't imagine a home without flowers and plants.

You have so many beautiful talents and I sat scrolling with my mouth wide open looking at so many lovely pictures of your work.

I started off great with this event, then my blog and domain I had transferred to another host...I am self hosted at wp.org...and oh my such a mess! Lol! All better now so I am starting from the top of the list this time and going to work my way down to visit all blogs. I love this event so much.

I hope you will visit my corner of the world, sanderellascrochet.com

My things are not even close to the beauty of yours, but I certainly did get some ideas on how to make my own work better!!

Hello dear WendyWhat a talent you are.All your work is so beautiful, I love the little embroideries you include here and there on your pages.And now I find you paint too and very well, your painting of the young girl is lovely.

I enjoy creating glue books too as I love working with both paper and fabrics.I just wish I had more time to create and do the things I love.

Hello, sweet Wendy! It's a joy to "meet" you, my dear :) First of all, thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving such sweet comments - I had to giggle about the glasses... I must confess that my new reading glasses have a made a huge difference.

Your blog... oh, it's so beautiful! I was ooohing and ahhhing the entire time I scrolled through your pictures - you are very talented and the love you put into your creations is evident.

I am a very happy new follower and I look forward to many more visits. Hugs to you!

Wonderful inspiration

"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity, devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter, an art which could be for every mental worker, for the businessman as well as the man of letters, for example, a soothing, calming influence on the mind, something like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue."

"An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."